Show notes for today's episode of The Daily Art Download — your ten minute crash course in today's art world news.
Artnet News
- Can’t Get Enough of Dalí? There’s a Massive $1,000 Book for That: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/salvador-dali-massive-book-taschen-2674971
- This Art Agency Is Bringing Filipino Artists to the Global Stage: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/this-art-agency-is-bringing-filipino-artists-to-the-global-stage-2674744
- Dior’s New Manhattan Flagship Is a Lush Floral Fantasy Anchored by Art: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/dior-manhattan-flagship-contemporary-art-2674538
- Jeffrey Epstein’s Taste in Art Was Just as Twisted as You’d Think: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/jeffrey-epstein-townhouse-sculpture-art-2674772
- Queen Elizabeth’s Beloved Range Rover Hits the Auction Block: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/queen-elizabeth-range-rover-auction-2674708
- Plan to Reinstall Controversial Confederate Statue Prompts Outrage: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/albert-pike-confederate-statue-trump-reinstall-2674835
- Waiting to Be Discovered? Curators Reveal How Emerging Artists Can Get Noticed: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/artists-how-to-get-discovered-2669293
- This Pricey Jeff Koons Sculpture Is Now in Australia’s National Collection: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/jeff-koons-national-gallery-australia-shelley-donation-2674765
- Inside the Remote Chinese Museum Overlooking North Korea: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/yalu-river-art-museum-china-north-korea-2672049
- Has 3D Analysis Cracked the Mystery of the Shroud of Turin?: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/shroud-of-turin-3d-analysis-low-relief-sculpture-2674633
The Art Newspaper - International art news and events
- New York gallery Kasmin will close this autumn as leadership launches new venture, Olney Gleason: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/08/06/kasmin-gallery-closing-now-olney-gleason
- Ancient marble bust returned to Italy following seven-year legal battle: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/08/06/marble-bust-repatriated-italy-safani-gallery-lawsuits
- New $31m art-filled park planned for downtown Pittsburgh: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/08/06/new-sculpture-park-planned-for-downtown-pittsburgh
- Power to the people: London’s National Gallery seeks public panel to help shape its future: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/08/06/power-to-the-people-londons-national-gallery-seeks-public-panel-to-help-shape-its-future
- A brush with… Tai Shani—podcast: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/08/06/a-brush-with-tai-shanipodcast
- US appeal court upholds $2.5m sanctions ruling in favour of Peter Doig: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/08/06/us-court-upholds-25m-sanctions-ruling-in-favour-of-peter-doig
- Discovery of ancient Coptic city ‘enhances our understanding of early Christianity in Egypt’: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/08/06/discovery-of-ancient-coptic-city-enhances-our-understanding-of-early-christianity-in-egypt
ARTnews.com
- Last Mayan Rebel Stronghold, Long Believed to Be Lost, May Have Been Found: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/the-lost-mayan-rebel-stronghold-of-sak-bahlan-may-have-been-found-1234748937/
- Kasmin Closes After 35 Years, Making Way for a New Gallery Called Olney Gleason: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/kasmin-closes-olney-gleason-opens-1234749018/
- The Right’s Most Influential Art Historian Helped Shape Project 2025: https://www.artnews.com/art-in-america/columns/the-right-influential-art-historian-victoria-coates-project-esther-1234748703/
- London’s National Gallery Creates Panel of Citizens to Shape its Future: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/national-gallery-london-citizen-panel-1234749007/
- Whitney’s Sacked Associate Director of ISP Speaks Out, The Rise of Dinosaur Bones Sold at Auction, Thom Yorke’s First Art Show: Morning Links for August 6, 2025: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/morning-links-august-6-2025-1234749003/
- The Colosseum: A Guide to the Ancient Roman Amphitheater: https://www.artnews.com/feature/colosseum-rome-guide-ancient-roman-amphitheater-1234748950/
- Rising Painter Lauren Quin Joins Pace Gallery After Blum Closure: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/lauren-quin-joins-pace-gallery-1234748985/
- How Spirituality Went from Taboo to Trendy in the Art World: https://www.artnews.com/art-in-america/features/spiritual-turn-trend-hilma-af-klint-saya-woolfalk-1234748637/
Hyperallergic
- Kour Pour Reclaims the Geometry of Abstraction: https://hyperallergic.com/1029321/kour-pour-reclaims-the-geometry-of-abstraction/
- A Moving Encounter With the Art of Bernard Williams: https://hyperallergic.com/1027120/a-moving-encounter-with-the-art-of-bernard-williams/
- José María Velasco Lovingly Captured a Changing Mexico: https://hyperallergic.com/1031604/jose-maria-velasco-lovingly-captured-a-changing-mexico/
- Changing Tides Expose Centuries-Old Petroglyphs in Hawaii: https://hyperallergic.com/1030577/changing-tides-expose-centuries-old-petroglyphs-in-hawaii/
- Harlem’s Studio Museum Announces Reopening Date: https://hyperallergic.com/1032367/harlems-studio-museum-announces-reopening-date/
- LGBTQ+ Art and Historical Ephemera Up for Auction at Swann Galleries: https://hyperallergic.com/1032250/lgbtq-art-historical-ephemera-auction-swann-galleries-2025/
